Dallas Criminal Lawyer – David Finn

The personal online journal of David Finn, Dallas criminal lawyer and former elected criminal trial judge.

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Entries from October 2005

Finn & Broden Team-Up For Federal Success

October 28th, 2005 · No Comments

Attorneys David Finn and Clint Broden appealed a federal sentence from the Northern District of Texas. Finn had handled the sentencing, made objections, and preserved what he perceived to be legal errors. He then brought Clint Broden on-board because he knew Broden was a brilliant appellate lawyer. They worked together as a team.
Initially the 5th [...]

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Dallas Observer Slams Jail

October 19th, 2005 · 1 Comment

Cell Disease Being sick in Dallas County’s troubled jail can be a death sentenceBy MATT PULLE,DALLAS OBSERVER
Published: Thursday, September 15, 2005
Four days into his short stint at Dallas County’s jail at the Lew Sterrett Justice Center, Mark McLeod talked with his public defender about a plea agreement that could set him free the next afternoon. [...]

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Dallas Jail Computer Problems

October 19th, 2005 · 2 Comments

County database gets post-mortem
Dallas: Report finds system for jail, courts lacked blueprint
12:00 AM CDT on Thursday, October 13, 2005
By JAMES M. O’NEILL / The Dallas Morning News
Dallas County and the company that built its new computer system made serious blunders when conceiving, designing and implementing the system, whose launch caused chaos in [...]

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